by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 8, 2020 | Scam of the day
Although the actual crime occurred years ago, the news recently reported that actor Will Smith became a victim of identity theft when Carlos Lomax, using Smith’s Social Security number and name was able to open 14 credit accounts in Smith’s name and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 9, 2020 | Scam of the day
This is the beginning of a school year unlike any other, but one thing that remains the same is the risk of school age children becoming victims of identity theft. Identity thieves will steal the identity of a child and then run up large debts using the credit of the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 14, 2020 | Scam of the day
Personal information including birth date, gender, website activity, cell phone number, username, email address and hashed passwords of 3.5 million users of the dating site MobiFriends have recently been discovered to have been made available to cybercriminals on the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 16, 2020 | Scam of the day
Tilman Fertitta, the billionaire owner of the NBA’s Houston Rockets recently became a victim of identity theft when someone obtained his name, Social Security number and date of birth through the Dark Web, that part of the Internet where criminals buy and sell...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 14, 2020 | Scam of the day
Recently I received the following email: “Dear Steve, How are you ? I need a Favor from you. I’ll need to get an Ebay gift card for my Niece, it’s her birthday today and i totally forgot i can’t do this now because I’m currently on a...
